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From: Yousuf Khan on 19 Jan 2010 10:01 Carmel wrote: > Then again, you could just get a copy of SpinRite > <http://www.grc.com/intro.htm> and run it on the drive. Set it to its > highest level of detection and repair before running it on the drive. > It has saved me hundreds of dollars over the years. I just recently > used it on a laptop that two repair shops had declared unsalvageable. > If SpinRite declares the drive is broken, then purchase another one. Spinrite is fairly well all hype now, and no bark. The techniques that the author of Spinrite talks about were effective back in the days of MFM & RLL hard drives. Though the author says they have been updated for modern drives, the claims are dubious at best. I have never gotten Spinrite to recover one red bit of data. Yousuf Khan
From: Gary on 19 Jan 2010 10:05 Thanks--I'll try all 3 Options Gary On 1/19/2010 9:40 AM, Gerry wrote: > David > > Encore. > > Gary > > Another suggestion.Run a full surface scan with HD Tune to check for bad > sectors on the hard drive. > > HD Tune only gives information and does not fix any problems. > > Download and run it and see what it turns up. You want HD Tune > (freeware) version 2.55 not HD Tune Pro (not Freeware) version 3.00. > http://www.hdtune.com/ > > Select the Info tabs and place the cursor on the drive under Drive > letter and then double click the two page icon ( copy to Clipboard ) > and copy into a further message. > > Select the Health tab and then double click the two page icon ( copy to > Clipboard ) and copy into a further message. Make sure you do a full > surface scan with HD Tune. >
From: Yousuf Khan on 19 Jan 2010 10:07 Gary wrote: > What does it usually mean when I run a disk scan for bad sectors on c > drive and the result is "Windows was unable to complete the disk scan" > > The symptom is a blue screen saying that there is most likely a bad > piece of hardware. Download the free Everest utilities, from the following website: http://www.lavalys.com/ Run the Storage -> SMART report on the appropriate hard drive, and post the results to your reply. Yousuf Khan
From: David B. on 19 Jan 2010 10:14 Completely incorrect, I've used it on a number of current drives with very good results, I've recovered quite a bit of clients data with it. -- -- "Yousuf Khan" <bbbl67(a)spammenot.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:4b55c952$1(a)news.bnb-lp.com... > Carmel wrote: >> Then again, you could just get a copy of SpinRite >> <http://www.grc.com/intro.htm> and run it on the drive. Set it to its >> highest level of detection and repair before running it on the drive. >> It has saved me hundreds of dollars over the years. I just recently >> used it on a laptop that two repair shops had declared unsalvageable. >> If SpinRite declares the drive is broken, then purchase another one. > > > Spinrite is fairly well all hype now, and no bark. The techniques that the > author of Spinrite talks about were effective back in the days of MFM & > RLL hard drives. Though the author says they have been updated for modern > drives, the claims are dubious at best. > > I have never gotten Spinrite to recover one red bit of data. > > Yousuf Khan
From: David B. on 19 Jan 2010 10:16
A smart report is useless, more often than not when I find a bad hard drive. smart believes there is no problem with the drive, it's unreliable at best. -- -- "Yousuf Khan" <bbbl67(a)spammenot.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:4b55ca94$1(a)news.bnb-lp.com... > Gary wrote: >> What does it usually mean when I run a disk scan for bad sectors on c >> drive and the result is "Windows was unable to complete the disk scan" >> >> The symptom is a blue screen saying that there is most likely a bad piece >> of hardware. > > Download the free Everest utilities, from the following website: > > http://www.lavalys.com/ > > Run the Storage -> SMART report on the appropriate hard drive, and post > the results to your reply. > > Yousuf Khan |